Bale-tie.



PATENTED MAR. 31, 1903.

A. O. BRIGANOE.

BALE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.'2. 190v.

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UNITED sTArEs PATENT OFFICE;

ALICE'OSBORNE BRIGANCE, OF NAVASOTA, TEXAS BALE-TIE Specification of Letters Patent. 7

Patented March 3,- 1908.

Application filed August 2, 1907. Serial No. 386,782,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALICE OSBORNE BRIG- .mon, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Navasota, in the county of Grimes and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ties, of'which the followlng is a specification.

This. invention is an improved bale-tie comprising a band formed integrally witha fastening-device to secure the ends of the band together; after the same has been.

placed'around a bale, as hereinafter described and claimed. I

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is an elevation showing the end portions of a bale tie and band constructed in accordance with my inventionand with the ends of the band secured together.

tudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3

is an elevation of one end of the bale band providing the tie for the other end thereof. In accordance with my invention I provide a bale band 1 which is preferably made of aluminium, but which maybe made of any other suitable material. One. end I of ,said

"band 1 is widened, as at 2, and isprovided with an eye 3 which is here shown as triangular in form and is of suitable width to -eceive opposite end 8 of the band is transversely the opposite end of the band.' The outer.

side of the said eye is formed by an integral cross bar 4, the ends of which are spaced from. the said eyeby means of kerfs 5 which enable the inner edge of the said bar'to be bent. A pair of lugs 6 which extend 'inwardl toward each other are formed integral wit the band beyond the outer side of the bar 4 and are spaced therefrom by kerfs 7. The

crimped,as'-at 9. I

In operation, after the band has been placed around a bale, the crimped. end of the band is passed under-the 'bar 4, is then turned outwardly and bent reversely to bear Fig. 2 is a l ongi-- on the outer side of, said bar, 1ts extreme end portion being bent downwardly, passed through the kerfs 7 and depressed under the lu s 6 which, by artially overla ping the si 'es of the crimp'ed end of the ban prevent the same from straightening out.v The-bar 4 engages the bi ht 10 formed in the crimped end of the ban by bending the same around the inner edge of the bar so that the said band is effectually prevented from slipping, and the engagement of the said bar with the. said end of the band is facilitated by the crimps in said end of the band, as will be understood. The crim-ped end of the band may 'be readily released from the eye or *fas'tening end thereof by first bending up the lugs 6 to cause them to disengage the crimped end of the band, as will be understood. l p with its integral tie or fastening device is made-of aluminium, as

When the band abar forming the outer side of said eye and inwardly extending lugs at the outer side of and spaced from the ends of said bar, the

opposite end of .said band being doubled and passed around saidbar and. disposed under said inwardly extending lugs.

In testimony whereof, I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. AIJICE OSBORNE BRIGANCE. Witnesses:

GEo. D. NEAL,'

J. W. TEAGUE. 

